期刊
APPLIED IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR MORPHOLOGY
卷 30, 期 1, 页码 62-71出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
关键词
LAG-3; PD-L1; biomarker; immunotherapy; triple-negative breast cancer
资金
- Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital
- A.P. Moller Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Sciences
- Dagmar Marshall Foundation
- Einar Willumsen Memorial Foundation
- Eva and Henry Fraenkel Memorial Foundation
- Jorgen Holm and Elisa f. Hansen Memorial Foundation
The immune checkpoint molecule LAG-3 is being investigated as a potential target for immunotherapy in TNBC, and its expression is associated with improved survival. Coexpression of LAG-3 and PD-L1 does not provide additional benefits in terms of survival.
The immune checkpoint molecule lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG-3) is currently being investigated as a possible target for immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), frequently as an addition to treatment with programmed cell death protein 1/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibition. However, expression of LAG-3, the frequency of coexpression with PD-L1, and the prognostic significance of this marker have not been studied extensively in TNBC. For this study, tissue microarrays (TMAs) were constructed from surgical specimens of 514 patients with TNBC. TMAs were stained immunohistochemically for LAG-3 and PD-L1 expression. Tumorinfiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) were evaluated on full glass slides. LAG-3 expression was significantly associated with improved overall survival and relapse-free survival. When adjusted for clinicopathologic factors, each increment of 10 LAG-3-positive intratumoral lymphocytes per TMA core was associated with improved overall survival (hazard ratio= 0.93, 95% confidence interval: 0.89-0.97, P= 0.002), and recurrence-free survival (hazard ratio= 0.91, 95% confidence interval: 0.85-0.97, P= 0.002). PD-L1 expression on immune cells and PD-L1 expression evaluated with the combined positive score and TILs were also associated with improved survival in both univariate and multivariate analyses. PD-L1 expression on tumor cells was only associated with improved survival in univariate analysis. LAG-3 expression was associated with both TILs and PD-L1 expression. Coexpression of LAG-3 and PD-L1 did not confer additional survival benefits. In conclusion, LAG-3 expression is associated with improved survival in TNBC. LAG-3 is often coexpressed with PD-L1, confirming that TNBC is likely a suitable candidate for cotreatment with LAG-3 and programmed cell death protein 1/PD-L1 inhibitors. However, coexpression does not confer additional survival benefits.
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